09:00 – 09:30
Registration. Welcome coffee
09:30 – 09:40
Opening remarks
Alexandra Orlova, Director of Business Development, ICC Russia
09:40 – 11:00
Session I - International Guarantees Practice
- Latest Opinions of the ICC Banking Commission on Guarantees
- URDG 758 – Case Studies
- Guarantees in English Law
- Why English Law is attractive to Russian parties
- Dispute resolution practice of English Courts
Speakers:
Andrea Hauptmann, Senior Director, Raiffeisen Bank International AG, Chair of ICC Guarantee Task Force (Vienna)
Tina Asgaryan, Senior Associate, Cookie, Young & Keidan (London)
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00
Session II - Russian Guarantees Practice
- Comparative analysis of Russian and international legislation in respect of bank guarantees
- Changes in legal regulation of bank guarantees in Russia: enforcement problems
- Commercial contract and bank guarantees
- Russia – hot issues and new developments
Speakers:
Rafael Kostanyan, Senior Associate, Muranov, Chernyakov & Partners (Moscow)
Maxim Platonov, Assosiate, Muranov, Chernyakov & Partners (Moscow)
Tatyana Shalashnikova, Head of Documentary Business and Trade Finance, Raiffeisen Bank (Moscow)
13:00 – 14:00
Break for lunch
14:00 – 16:00
Session III - Dispute resolution practice related to bank guarantees
Moderator:
Тimur Aitkulov, Partner, Clifford Chance (Moscow)
Speakers:
Jason Fry, Partner, Clifford Chance (Paris)
Grigory Chernyshov, Partner, White & Case (Moscow)
Alexander Scard, Assosiate, Hogan Lovells (Moscow)
Sergey Kovalev, Partner, Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasyev & Partners (Moscow)
16:00 – 16:30
Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30
Session IV - Avoiding Fraud Cases
- Frauds in trade finance
- Frauds in Guarantees
- ICC Commercial Crime Services
Speakers:
Michael Howlett, Deputy Director, ICC Commercial Crime Services (London)
Tina Asgaryan, Senior Associate, Cookie, Young & Keidan (London)
17:30 – 18:00
Question and Answer